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With Meta in sight, Broadcom is the new Nvidia

We would be unwired from the internet if we did not use this company’s technology.

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Nicki Bourlioufas

Will Trump and the Fed add up to a train wreck?

The administration is exacerbating the problems left over from the pandemic, risking inflation and recession.

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Adrian Blundell-Wignall

Retail investors are laughing all the way to the (Commonwealth) bank

Many self-managed superannuation funds hold CBA shares directly and have been richly rewarded by the bank’s bull run. But what to do next?

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Ben Smythe

Pressure on Albanese to meet Trump and raise defence spending

The unavoidable reality seems to be that Australia will need to pay more for defence to maintain the US alliance so important to national security.

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The Afr View

‘Chris hit an iceberg’: When your chatbot is clueless

In the right hands, artificial intelligence can clearly be a force for great good. It’s just that I keep coming across people who know how dire it...

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Pilita Clark

AI flips the script on globalisation. We need a plan for the fallout

In the age of automation, leadership will not be defined by who adopts AI the fastest but by who protects their people the best.

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Kos Samaras

Ley’s Liberals must not listen to Tony Abbott on gender quotas

The party’s first female leader has just five other Liberal women alongside her in parliament, and still these men are ruling out the one thing we...

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Lidija Ivanovski

Guess what ‘independent foreign policy’ would cost the budget?

Those calling for Australia to not go all the way with Trump’s unpredictable America never tell us it would mean tripling the defence budget for a...

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Michael Shoebridge

Efficient courts and speedier justice are good for the economy

The same rules that apply to other public services where data is used to improve performance should also apply to our court system.

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The Afr View

Why welcome to country is a brake on economic reform

Some will deride discussion of these matters as culture wars. But economic leadership can only begin from a shared sense of national identity.

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Daniel Wild

US forces make Australia a Chinese target: Hastie

The Coalition’s shadow defence spokesman is posing questions the Albanese government is refusing to answer about Australia being drawn into a war...

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James Curran

Why Australia’s productivity ‘wart’ may limit interest rate cuts

In the longer term it is difficult to square sluggish productivity growth against inflation remaining close to the middle of the RBA 2-3 per cent...

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Stephen Miller

Milei goes for broke in Argentina

The South American country’s president offers a radical experiment in economic therapy for a nation in desperate financial straits.

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Jennifer Hewett

How the ABC can fix the ‘Lattouf problem’ for good

To uphold its charter of impartiality, the broadcaster should issue a general directive that no staff make controversial comments about contentious...

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Pru Goward

I detest Netanyahu, but on some things he’s actually right

People such as the Israeli leader and Donald Trump, who I generally regard as forces for ill in the world, turn out to be, at least on Iran, forces...

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David Brooks

In defence of frivolity in a world of suffering

Those of us who are spared horror have so much to be grateful for that it seems criminal — and somewhat insincere — to set our faces to despair.

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Jo Ellison

Australia is already an AI leader. So why aren’t we talking about it?

Australia accounted for 9 per cent of all working AI experts across the Asia-Pacific, well ahead of South Korea and India, and second only to China.

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Tom Humphrey

The problem with our kids that should be on the productivity agenda

Jim Chalmers is considering long-term policy measures to buoy the economy. They must include addressing startlingly low financial literacy levels.

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Joyce Moullakis

The momentum trade is back, but it won’t last long

Global uncertainty is well above normal levels which means momentum strategies should be underperforming… yet they are not. Here’s why.

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Matthew Haupt

Why the super guarantee should not increase to 15pc as Keating wanted

There is no case for further increasing compulsory contributions. This wealth creation machine must now pivot to help Australians wisely manage...

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Wayne Swan

In August, Chalmers must tell a story about real tax reform

The Treasurer must embark on a process that results in broad and substantial reform, rather than continue the unambitious and piecemeal approach of...

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The Afr View

Albanese can’t escape ‘daddy’ Trump’s defence demands

Donald Trump wanted – and got – acclaim and obeisance from NATO leaders. It’s lucky Anthony Albanese wasn’t in the picture.

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Jennifer Hewett

Trump’s ‘new normal’ is good news for Middle East and house prices

The president’s pre-emptive strike on Iran helps bring greater stability to the region while potentially ushering in a new regime for financial...

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Christopher Joye

First TACO, now TWIT: Trump will inevitably tank the economy

The president’s bold strikes on Iran disproved the TACO theory, but it remains hard to figure how higher tariffs and inflation and a wider budget...

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Michael Stutchbury

What Trump’s Iran and NATO show means for Australia

The US president gives more to allies that do more, spend more, and take more risks. Passivity is the danger, and free riding will be ruthlessly...

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John Lee